Council on Foreign Relations

The Battle of Attu

It was site of the only land battle fought on U.S. soil during World War II. And in proportional terms, it was one of the ...
Newsday

Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war ...

Archaeologists dove into unknown waters—and found two shipwrecks from World War II

The sunken remnants of one Japanese and one American ship never met in combat, but they’ve shared the same final resting ...
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WWII Japanese machine gun used in Battle of Attu is returned to Alaska

WHITTIER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - An important part of Alaskan history is now back in Alaska. On Tuesday, the Prince William Sound Museum in Whittier accepted a 1939 Japanese machine gun — called a ...